DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,036

COLLINS & AIKMAN
SOUTHWEST LAMINATES, INC. DIVISION
EL PASO, TEXAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on March 16, 2006 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers of Collins & Aikman, Southwest Laminates, Inc.
Division, El Paso, Texas. The workers were engaged in finishing
laminated material.
The investigation revealed that Collins & Aikman, Southwest
Laminates, Inc. Division, El Paso, Texas acts as a downstream
producer finishing automotive textiles for its customers.
Evidence revealed that Collins & Aikman Products Company,
Division 016, Roxboro, North Carolina, to whom the petitioning
workers' firm or subdivision acts as a downstream producer,
employed a group of workers who received a certification of
eligibility for trade adjustment assistance based on an increase
in imports from, or a shift in production to, Canada or Mexico,
and the downstream production is related to the article that was
the basis for such certification.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility
requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The
Department has determined in this case that the requirements of
Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Collins & Aikman,
Southwest Laminates, Inc., Division, El Paso, Texas qualify as
adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222(b) of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Collins & Aikman, Southwest Laminates, Inc.
Division, El Paso, Texas who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 15, 2005,
through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974 and are also eligible to apply
for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 28th day of March 2006


/s/Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance